'Shock and profound sorrow' as racing world mourns top trainer's wife who died in hunting fall

“Beloved wife, revered mother and ardent friend, she will be inordinately missed.”

The racing world is mourning Maria O’Grady, who died in a hunting accident on Saturday, writes Stephen Barry.

Mrs O’Grady (61), the wife of leading trainer Edward, suffered the fatal fall near her home in Ballynonty, Co Tipperary.